Tic Tic Tic...

Two weeks before I can start back on the boat.

As you will read (if you follow my other blogs), I am almost done with my other summer projects.  In 14 days (next payday), I will have no excuse not to run down to the lumber yard and buy two pieces of marine plywood.  Actual construction time for the 8Ball should run me about two months.

Change of Plans... Again

Yes, I know.  I'm as bad as a kid trying to decide what he should get for Christmas.

Looking through the list of available sailboat designs, I've once again changed my mind about my "ultimate sailboat".  I've now set my sights on the Glen-L 36 "Delphin", a central cock-pit, molded plywood design that will provide a lot more sea-worthiness than the Francis Drake (27), while not being quite so overwhelming as the Starpath (44).  Admittedly there's no way I can even consider building this vessel while I'm living in the Raleigh area (pending winning the lottery), but a guy's gotta dream.

Still have my sites set to continue work on the 7' - 10" Eight Ball (tentatively named "Drifter") effective July 16th.  But this is always subject to change, depending on the Honey-Do list.
 

Working through the Honey-Do List

I'm slowly working through the Honey-Do list.  See my other BLOG for details.


Did I mention?  This weekend is the Toastmasters District 37 Spring Conference, hosted right here in Cary, NC.  Since it jumps all over the State, I figured I'd better jump on it while it was so close to home.


I really do want to get back to working on my boat... certainly no later than the 4th of July weekend.  Even with the major slippage in my schedule, I hope to have the work done by October.  This will give me a couple of weekends to throw it in the water before putting it away for the Winter.

Wondering Where I am?

Yes, its been a while since I've posted... and it will probably be a while yet before I have time to do any more work on the boat.  Real Life has intruded, and I've got a few other projects (via "honey-do" list) that jumped the line:

• Back yard patio
• Reset back yard drainage line
• Painting two rooms & outside railing
• Garage shelving (this will actually benefit the boat project)
• Garden shed (more junk out of the garage!)

I've set up a separate blog to talk about that stuff.  If you're interested, check it out there.

I am hoping that I can get back to working on the boat in June...  I'll be lucky to finish it before it gets cold again.

Sawed Some Wood

No, I did not take a nap.  Set up the table saw with a 1" offset and ripped three strips off of my mahogany.  Looks good.

Honeydo First

Friday afternoon I went over to Capitol City Lumber to pick up my mahogany.  Three eight foot boards of 3/4" thick lumber six inches wide... $120.  Brought it home and brought it into the garage... and there it sits, two days later.  The honey-do list caught up with me.

I did take a few minutes yesterday to cut the mast sections.  Angle slices at the ends of the 1x2 Aspen at about a 5:1 taper.  I could mix up some epoxy and glue them together today, but I rethought it, and decided that I should wait and catch it when I have a bigger batch of epoxy mixed to glue up my frames... hopefully next week.

Today... maybe I'll be able to cut the mahogany frame sections.  Most of it is 1" wide strips, with some 2" or 2-1/2" elements.  The stuff that isn't 1" I'll just trace off of the template.  That's assuming I can finish up the honey-do's...

Epoxy In

Received my package of epoxy.  Ready to go this weekend on the mast.